Granville
Camp Butner
Butner, NC
World War II infantry training camp; housed Axis prisoners of war.
Harris Meeting House
Founded by Methodists prior to 1778.
Henry P. Cheatham 1857-1935
Oxford, NC
Born into slavery. U.S. Congressman, 1889-1893.
John Penn 1740-1788
Stovall, NC
One of North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Mary Potter Academy
Oxford, NC
Founded by G. C. Shaw 1889 to educate African Americans.
Nath'l Rochester 1752-1831
Oxford, NC
Officer in Revolution.
Oxford Female College
Oxford, NC
Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857.
Oxford Orphanage
Oxford, NC
Opened by Masons, 1873, withJohn H. Mills first head, in plant of St. Johns College, which they had operated, 1858-1861.
Trading Path
Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby.